Tomography

Tomography is an imaging technique that combines projections taken from different directions into a reconstruction of the interior of a patient or an object. The ASTRA research group (“All Scales Tomographic Reconstruction Antwerp”) of imec-Vision Lab develops tomographic reconstruction algorithms for electron, X-ray, neutron, and magnetic resonance imaging. The ASTRA group developed the ASTRA-Toolbox, which is an open source, GPU accelerated software platform for the development of novel tomographic reconstruction methods; it can be downloaded from www.astra-toolbox.com.

Key expertises:

  • Discrete tomography
  • X-ray tomography for non-standard acquisition geometries
  • Electron tomography
  • Dynamic (4D) tomography

Journal publications

2017

J. Cant, A. Snoeckx, G. Behiels, P. M. Parizel, and J. Sijbers, "Can portable tomosynthesis improve the diagnostic value of bedside chest X-ray in the intensive care unit? A proof of concept study", European Radiology Experimental, vol. 1, issue 20, pp. 1-7, 2017.
F. Danckaers, T. Huysmans, M. Van Dael, P. Verboven, B. Nicolai, and J. Sijbers, "Building 3D Statistical Shape Models of Horticultural Products", Food and Bioprocess Technology, vol. 10, issue 11, pp. 2100-2112, 2017. PDF icon Download paper (1.73 MB)
V. Van Nieuwenhove, J. De Beenhouwer, J. Vlassenbroeck, M. Brennan, and J. Sijbers, "MoVIT: A tomographic reconstruction framework for 4D-CT", Optics Express, vol. 25, issue 16, pp. 19236-19250, 2017.
L. F. Alves Pereira, E. Janssens, G. D. C. Cavalcanti, I R. Tsang, M. Van Dael, P. Verboven, B. Nicolai, and J. Sijbers, "Inline Discrete Tomography system: application to agricultural product inspection", Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, vol. 138, pp. 117–126, 2017.
J. Cant, "Iterative reconstruction for mobile chest tomosynthesis", Dept. of Physics, vol. PhD in Sciences/Physics, 2017. PDF icon Download thesis (5.77 MB)
V. Van Nieuwenhove, J. De Beenhouwer, T. De Schryver, L. Van Hoorebeke, and J. Sijbers, "Data-Driven Affine Deformation Estimation and Correction in Cone Beam Computed Tomography", IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, vol. 26, issue 3, pp. 1441-1451, 2017.

2016

D. Zanaga, T. Altantzis, J. Sanctorum, B. Freitag, and S. Bals, "An alternative approach for ζ-factor measurement using pure element nanoparticles", Ultramicroscopy, vol. 164, pp. 11–16, 2016.
W J. Palenstijn, J. Bédorf, J. Sijbers, and K. J. Batenburg, "A distributed ASTRA Toolbox", Advanced Structural and Chemical Imaging, vol. 2, issue 19, 2016. PDF icon Download paper (2.7 MB)
T. De Schryver, J. Dhaene, M. Dierick, M. N. Boone, E. Janssens, J. Sijbers, M. Van Dael, P. Verboven, B. Nicolai, and L. Van Hoorebeke, "In-line NDT with X-Ray CT combining sample rotation and translation", NDT & E International, vol. 89, pp. 89–98, 2016.
V. Van Nieuwenhove, G. Van Eyndhoven, K. J. Batenburg, N. Buls, J. Vandemeulebroucke, J. De Beenhouwer, and J. Sijbers, "Local Attenuation Curve Optimization (LACO) framework for high quality perfusion maps in low-dose cerebral perfusion CT", Medical Physics, vol. 43, issue 12, pp. 6429-6438, 2016.

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